Definition of "No Modifications"

Those are okay. They are speaking of physical changes like chicken lights or having someone changing the engine settings.

All them little things you mention are common items that can be easily removed.

 

Ont he inside, anything that plugs into the cigarette lighter is aloud. No running your own wires. Things like a sat radio, gps etc are all fine. On the outside of the truck, feel free to mount an extra antenna, but remove it before going into service. they want all the trucks to look identical and a different antenna looks different.

Inverter fridge is ok, but it cant be mounted or damage the interior. They go through the truck with a fin tooth comb and will find any mounting holes.

Keep in mind, the inverter doesn't shut off untill 11 volts. On a cold day they may or may not be enough to start the truck. You only get one free jump start per year.

 

Every driver should own their own jumper cables. Invest in a good 4 gauge 16'-20' set. You'll use them more than once in your career. If not your truck then for helping someone else.

 

That's going above and beyond. Doesn't sound like a terrible idea, but it might be a bit overzealous. You also have to consider the additional weight and also that you'll have a lot of stuff to carry... tarps, chains, binders, dunnage, etc. I don't know how accommodating TMC trucks are in that regard, but you can fill your side boxes up quick, and really want to keep that space available.
Before you go jump starting your truck off another truck or go jump starting someone else's truck, make sure you're shown how to properly do it.... again, I don't know the ins and outs of TMC's fleet, but you'll want to be aware of things such as frame mounted electronics and the like, because those could be blown if you don't do it right.

 

I'D say "just being paranoid and one extra thing to get in the way?". first off the TMC petes dont have tons of storage space. Secondly anything fuel burning id not aloud in the cab. It would only be aloud to be out in the trailer. Thats one more thing to transfer on every drop and hook.

 

Honestly, instead of running your own antenna run one of the ones on the truck. Mine worked very well I just put a new piece of good coax in and unhooked the 2 antenna into one thing and just ran the one with good coax. I also would run my own radio in my truck but it was a pain having to take it in and out every time I was at the terminal which was often since I would pick up at John Deere about 20 minutes from the terminal ALL THE TIME!!! You will be good with a GPS, Invertor, 12v fridge and an XM radio. I had my own small coffee pot in the truck that I ran off my invertor. Saved me lots of money! Just take the half and half creamers and sugar packets from the Pilot and they don't even need to be in the fridge!

 

TMC doesnt allow you to use your own CB anyway